Simpsons Comics Thread

[ArchiveGuy]

Simpsons Comics #183: A Look... Forward

Another homage cover, coming to you in the October Issue!

.....We await the final Simpsons cover to see the heading on top - they should use "The Mirth of a Nation" but may go for something along the line of Bart having Homer over a barrel, or perhaps an allusion to Homer breaking the ice.

ArchiveGuy

Simpsons Comics #183 is now available, and Bongo chose the caption wisely; they used "The Girth of a Nation", parodying the original Archie comic "The Mirth of a Nation", which, of course, is a parody itself of "The Birth of a Nation". Sergio Aragonés Funnies #4 was also released today. With the infamous Stan Goldberg of Archie fame on board they did a great parody of Archie, replete with Milhouse as Jughead with his famous hat, and one also sees CBG reading Archie #1 within. Also includes a one page Angry Dad story and a two page Snowball II story. (I'd say Snowball V, but as Lisa says "we'll just call you Snowball II, and pretend this whole thing never happened.." I wish I could, I wish I could.)

ArchiveGuy

[yodazone]

New Simpsons Illustrated comic quarterly coming in January:

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stori...1/bongojan.htm

Big Bongo month....new cover layouts too....i'm not too crazy about the new Bongo logos though.

[Dark Homer]

what the heck

what was wrong with the old logos??

[yodazone]

new variants in germany

comic book guy #1 each limited to 333 (original/4x variant)

Do you have a link to where any of these could be ordered? Wondering if there are any new German variants for Funnies too.

[the real comic book guy]

that 4 variants are out of print.
ebay.de ist an option http://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_nkw=tod+simpsons+variant
but high priced

i paid for 1x original + 3x 4 variants (total 13 comics) 87€
a 5 comic set costs on "comic festival" 31€


on the other hand for american curiosities i have to paid also much money

[yodazone]

that 4 variants are out of print.
ebay.de ist an option http://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_nkw=tod+simpsons+variant
but high priced

i paid for 1x original + 3x 4 variants (total 13 comics) 87€
a 5 comic set costs on "comic festival" 31€


on the other hand for american curiosities i have to paid also much money

Yes, those variants are usually very expensive especially to ship to U.S. fans. I had a connection in Germany who would buy and forward them to me but these look even more harder to get with the 333 print runs. It's pretty cool how they made variants of the different covers that were inside Comic Book Guy #1 for the other issues. Wondering what this year's Bart's Horror Show variant cover is going to look like too.

[the real comic book guy]

i got from each variant 6 issues (3 for my friend and 3 for me)

no variant of "Bart Simpsons Horrorshow" exists this year, because no artist from bongo did came to germany.

bart's or bart simpson's = english
barts or bart simpons = german

http://maggied.de/index.php?page=Thr...973#post326973 some pictures from comic festivale (#68 - bill isn't drunken)

[yodazone]

i got from each variant 6 issues (3 for my friend and 3 for me)

no variant of "Bart Simpsons Horrorshow" exists this year, because no artist from bongo did came to germany.

bart's or bart simpson's = english
barts or bart simpons = german

http://maggied.de/index.php?page=Thr...973#post326973 some pictures from comic festivale (#68 - bill isn't drunken)

Have you seen any variant (or regular) covers for "Funnies" 1-4 for Deutschland? I want to get all of those.

[the real comic book guy]

a german funnies doesn't exist till now.
without a regular no variant

[Captain Squid]

New Bongo logo and issue logos suck. Makes me wonder how they messed with Simpsons Super Spectacular.

[Charlie]

Holy crap those logos are butt ugly. Is their confirmation these are permanent or is it possible it's, you know, maybe a 1-off "retro" theme for the month as that is when the "relaunch" of Simpsons Illustrated is occurring.

Speaking of Simpsons Illustrated, I don't understand why they're suddenly using that name again. If they're reprinting various stories from old comics, that's exactly what they did with Simpsons Comics Treasure Trove (and look what happened to that - discontinued after only a year or so). Has absolutely nothing in common with the former Simpsons Illustrated, it would seem.

[yodazone]

Ralph Wiggum Comics #1!

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stori...8/bongofeb.htm

[Dark Homer]

"Simpson Comics One-Shot Wonders?" does this mean the b-stories are becoming their own series? I am a-ok with that

[Diversity Pumpkin]

So are the comics these days similar to the show? The styles of older comics seemed to mimic the eras at the time, but I've heard that some of the writers don't like the way the show is now.

Like, do the characters act like their season 23 selves, or more like their "classic" selves?

[Charlie]

In the comics it really depends on the writers, but in my opinion they don't really match up with how they are in the show. If anything, they are more grounded in reality in the comics - Bart is the little brat, Lisa is the smart 2nd grader, Homer is the sometimes obnoxious yet caring father, etc. Contrasted to the current show, where they have a hundred different personalities for each character every season. I particularly like how Ian Boothby characterizes the family - he has written some great stories featuring Bart and Lisa being, well, kids; can't really say that about the show 95% of the time.

"Simpson Comics One-Shot Wonders?" does this mean the b-stories are becoming their own series? I am a-ok with that

I agree. One of the best things about the old comics was the little stories at the back (speaking of which, what is with those weird Dean Rankine stories they've been running the last few months?), and how they made up a comic book concept for a lot of secondary characters. Plus, that's pretty awesome cover art (and Simpsons Comics doesn't look half bad this time around with the new design, either).

Can only hope that this "rebrand" includes the comeback of Junk Mail - last year they were running those ads for a couple months asking for letters, but nothing ever came of it.

[Captain Squid]

One Shot Wonders is gonna be a bitch to try to make a standing reservation for at the comic shop, unless they have a banner atop each issue stating it is a part of that line.

[yodazone]

One Shot Wonders is gonna be a bitch to try to make a standing reservation for at the comic shop, unless they have a banner atop each issue stating it is a part of that line.

Same here. I might have to pre-order them online because I can't rely on my local shops to order them. They overlook these one-shot titles and still underorder the other regular monthlies.

I also read that Aragones is writing & drawing a "Maggie" special which looks like that would be part of this "One shot wonders" line.

I hope Krusty gets a One-Shot....and Kang and Kodos....

[Hommer]

Ralph Wiggum Comics #1!

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stori...8/bongofeb.htm

Oh, that sounds gooooood.

[Handsome B. Wonderful]

Wow, these covers are terribly unimaginative. Just a standard picture of The Simpsons against a white background? Awful.

Well, except the Ralph one, but that's just going to be 30 pages of nose humor.

[Charlie]

I'm not a massive fan of these covers, but I can understand where they are coming from with changing the design. The current one is almost a decade old, and I guess they wanted to shake things up a little. Every time they've changed the cover design in the past (this will be the fourth different cover design in Simpsons Comics history), it has been rather subtle if anything, so they probably thought they should undertake a bigger change.

Though, if it ain't broke don't fix it.

[yodazone]

There's a new Bongo promo insert floating around that previews some of the Bongo books for next year. I tried 3 shops and couldn't find any but found one on ebay:



also features a Bongo timeline with some of the key Bongo books dating back to 1993:



It also mentions the other characters who are getting the "One shot Wonders" spotlight with: Ralph Wiggum, Lil Homer, Bart's Pal, Millhouse & Maggie.

[Dark Homer]

nice to see jimbo and heroes anonymous in that pic

[Diversity Pumpkin]

Probably not, but is that Hank Hill in the bottom right?

[Charlie]

It's a drawing of Sergio Aragones, from the cover of Sergio Aragones Funnies #1.

[Diversity Pumpkin]

Oh, right right right. Thanks.

[jimmythemeek]

I have been looking for a copy of Simpsons Comics #31 Ad Version.
I have tried to locate just one copy but can't find one.
Does it even exist?
If you know of where I can get one, let me know.

[yodazone]

Here's a bigger pic that's a little less blurry than the one up there to see the timeline better:

[speedmaster]

I have been looking for a copy of Simpsons Comics #31 Ad Version.
I have tried to locate just one copy but can't find one.
Does it even exist?
If you know of where I can get one, let me know.

Is that the issue with or without a BARCODE? check this site out https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=152081

[xls]

Won't there be any new Simpsons Classics in (jan/feb) 2012? I had hope we would get at least the first 74 (no matter what happens to #50) issues in 37 classic comics.

[yodazone]

Bongo Comics

2012 Bongo Comics Free-For-All!

SpongeBob Comics Freestyle Funnies

By Groening/Hillenburg

Bongo offers the best in humor comics with a proud tale from the boasting barflies of Moe’s Tavern, as they recount their close encounter with marauding beasts as members of the Springfield Bear Patrol. And Sergio Aragonés joins the fun with a story from his own past of how he made his first peso as an underground and underage artist. THEN, flip over the book for two of the swimmingest SpongeBob sagas from the series’ hard-to-find earliest issues. In “Squidward and the Golden Clarinet,” SpongeBob reads an issue of Mermaid Man to a less-than-welcoming Squidward. But this story has a musical hook even Squidward can’t resist. Plus: a page of gags that go off the deep end by indie artiste James Kochalka.

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2011/12/02...les-announced/